Happy Friday, Crafters! Lina is here {again!} to show off her new crafting space. She recently moved and so she now has a brand new space to create in! {check out Lina’s craft closet!} You will love her bright, cheery colors and smart storage ideas. Enjoy! -Linda

Craft Room

Hi there! My name is Lina and my blog is called Fancy Frugal Life. I write about frugal decorating and entertaining ideas. I also have a love of thrifts stores, chalkboards, crafts, and cooking.
I’m super excited to show you my new creative space. Thanks so much, Linda for having me today!!!

As some of you know may know, I created a craft closet in my home last spring.

It brought some exciting attention/press to Fancy Frugal Life.

Three months ago we moved to Central California for my husband’s job and found a house with this “nook” area. It is located under the stairs and is a pass through from the living and dining room. To the left is the sliding door to the backyard.

A few months earlier I found this headboard on the curb of our old neighborhood and rescued it thinking I’d make it into a puppet theater or something creative for my kids. Well my husband had the genius idea of using it as craft space storage and together we made this space happen!

After lots of priming, filing wholes, sanding, and white paint I got this result. My husband also shortened the piece by 6 inches. Yay for a hubby who knows power tools since I don’t! :)

When we went to Lowe’s to buy pegboard, they told us we could have anything for free in the scrap pile next to the saw!! There was a huge piece of pegboard and other wood in there! Whoohoo! So I painted the pegboard with Valspar Crystal Blue in satin.

We attached that to the back as well as a towel bar in the front of the cabinet.

I bought some pegboard pins to hang craft supplies.

Also my husband framed a small strip of molding around the top of these inexpensive bookcases that used to be in the garage…It makes it look polished I think.

Here’s another before pic. So there are two inexpensive book cases on both ends of the cabinet, and then we built a counter coming out from the wall. I did buy a new cabinet from Lowe’s with square shelves to make a desk appearance.

I primed and painted it.

My husband made me this shoe organizer about 5 years ago and in this house the master closet isn’t big enough for it (which also meant two boxes of high heels from my previous office environment job gone!) Anyway, I painted this piece white as well. It makes great craft storage now!

So what do you think of my free headboard, free wood, and thrift store painted items?! And who wants to come over and hang out in the craft nook? :)

Comments

This gives me some inspiration. I am currently working on my craft space. My husband installed the cabinets and the peg board last night! I can’t wait until his part is done so I can organize and make it workable! I will be sharing on my blog when it is done! I love how crafty they were on incorporating existing and free items. Very clever!

I’m always looking for ways to improve my craft room. You did a fantastic job. May I borrow it for awhile? You gave me ideas that I didn’t think of. I really like how bright and cheery everything looks and boy we need that when we’ve been in the craft room for hours. Thanks so much for sharing your beautiful room. Shared on my FB page EMPV and pinned.

Great job with the renovations. I am in the process of doing the same thing. New house with a large basement that my husband said I could convert to a craft room. Found a dark hutch at the Salvation Army for $15. It is taking a lot of paint to transform it to white. Actually the redecorating is so much fun.

This is so great! Beautiful as well as functional! My brain is spinning now with ideas to redo my space :) What is it that you have your ribbon spools hanging on above your sewing machine in the pic? I would really like something like that to organize all my ribbon! Thanks!

Lina, Thanks for sharing your before and after craft nook tours. So amazing to see how you created such an inspiring space to craft away. You’ve inspired me to use my freebie headboards which look almost exactly like yours!! I can tell you have a flair for decor and design, too. And your name makes me smile, as I have a dear friend named Lina, too :) Happy crafting…

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